• @tetelestia
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    29 months ago

    What’s wrong with parsing HTML with regex?

    • @indepndnt
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      59 months ago

      In short, it’s the wrong tool for the job.

      In practice, if your target is very limited and consistent, it’s probably fine. But as a general statement about someone’s behavior, it really sounds like someone is wasting a lot of time and regularly getting sub-par results.